Board Game, formerly published by
Wizards of the Coast, and written by
Richard Garfield. In robo rally you play the part of a planetary control computer who, on a lazy afternoon, has decided to pit himself against other planetary control
computers in racing robots across a hazardous factory floor.
This is accomlished by using a deck of
program cards. Each player starts the begining of each turn with nine cards, but only has to use five of these to construct a program to get their robot accross the factory floor avoiding
obstacles and other robots.
This game is currently
out of print and still shrink-wrapped copies of the game are fetching up to $80 on
ebay. The game is popular amongst geeks due to the programming aspect. The combination of
luck and
strategy make for interesting play.
There were four
expansions released for the game which added more playing surfaces and additional program cards. The expansions are:
Armed & Dangerous,
Crash & Burn,
Grand Prix and
Radioactive.